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By *abio OP Man
over a year ago
Newcastle and Gateshead |
you married but the other half people doesn't know... take a seat... not that!!!!
someone asked me if i had "read" a certain book.... i haven't read it as such but i have listened to it via audiobook....
now if it was a film based on a book you would said that you had read it... but wasn't sure how i should have answered it.....
so can you say you have read a book if you have listened to it..... |
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By *ENDAROOSCouple
over a year ago
South West London / Surrey |
"you married but the other half people doesn't know... take a seat... not that!!!!
someone asked me if i had "read" a certain book.... i haven't read it as such but i have listened to it via audiobook....
now if it was a film based on a book you would said that you had read it... but wasn't sure how i should have answered it.....
so can you say you have read a book if you have listened to it....."
Yes of course.
Read/ listened - you still know all the details and information/ plot.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"you married but the other half people doesn't know... take a seat... not that!!!!
someone asked me if i had "read" a certain book.... i haven't read it as such but i have listened to it via audiobook....
now if it was a film based on a book you would said that you had read it... but wasn't sure how i should have answered it.....
so can you say you have read a book if you have listened to it....."
Personally if you have seen a film based on a book then no, you haven't read the book but if you've listened to an audio version of a book, then yes I would agree that you have read the book. |
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Not quite the same, but close enough for all practical purposes. You don't see the words and punctuation and are thus reliant on the voicer to interpret. Also, by not seeing the words, you don't enhance your written vocabulary. I see many people use words and spell them semi-phonetically, it's obvious they've never or rarely seen the words written.
Deaf people can read via Braille, though it's obviously convenient for them to listen to audiobooks - but the same arguments apply.
Watching a film doesn't really count at all - they are usually significantly different from the book.
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"you married but the other half people doesn't know... take a seat... not that!!!!
someone asked me if i had "read" a certain book.... i haven't read it as such but i have listened to it via audiobook....
now if it was a film based on a book you would said that you had read it... but wasn't sure how i should have answered it.....
so can you say you have read a book if you have listened to it....."
I would simply answer 'I listened to it on audio'  |
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"Not quite the same, but close enough for all practical purposes. You don't see the words and punctuation and are thus reliant on the voicer to interpret. Also, by not seeing the words, you don't enhance your written vocabulary. I see many people use words and spell them semi-phonetically, it's obvious they've never or rarely seen the words written.
Deaf people can read via Braille, though it's obviously convenient for them to listen to audiobooks - but the same arguments apply.
Watching a film doesn't really count at all - they are usually significantly different from the book.
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Indeed, which was why going to see Polanski's Macbeth at the cinema was not enough to save my English Lit O level!!  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"so can you say you have read a book if you have listened to it....."
Maybe you would get away with that in America young man, but over here if you don't have ink on your finger tip's that's a rap on the knuckles with the ruler....
Now go stand I the corner and think about your outrageous behaviour
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Deaf people can read via Braille, though it's obviously convenient for them to listen to audiobooks - but the same arguments apply
Come again?  "
Braille /'bre?l/ is a tactile writing system used by people who are blind or visually impaired. It is traditionally written with embossed paper. Braille-users can read computer screens and other electronic supports thanks to refreshable braille displays. They can write braille with the original slate and stylus or type it on a braille writer, such as a portable braille note-taker, or on a computer that prints with a braille embosser. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"you married but the other half people doesn't know... take a seat... not that!!!!
someone asked me if i had "read" a certain book.... i haven't read it as such but i have listened to it via audiobook....
now if it was a film based on a book you would said that you had read it... but wasn't sure how i should have answered it.....
so can you say you have read a book if you have listened to it....."
.....no words....none |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"you married but the other half people doesn't know... take a seat... not that!!!!
someone asked me if i had "read" a certain book.... i haven't read it as such but i have listened to it via audiobook....
now if it was a film based on a book you would said that you had read it... but wasn't sure how i should have answered it.....
so can you say you have read a book if you have listened to it.....
.....no words....none"
Well there were words, just spoken not written  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Deaf people can read via Braille, though it's obviously convenient for them to listen to audiobooks - but the same arguments apply
Come again?
Braille /'bre?l/ is a tactile writing system used by people who are blind or visually impaired. It is traditionally written with embossed paper. Braille-users can read computer screens and other electronic supports thanks to refreshable braille displays. They can write braille with the original slate and stylus or type it on a braille writer, such as a portable braille note-taker, or on a computer that prints with a braille embosser."
Why would deaf people want audio books and why couldn't they just read regular books? |
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Deaf people can read via Braille, though it's obviously convenient for them to listen to audiobooks - but the same arguments apply
Come again?
Braille /'bre?l/ is a tactile writing system used by people who are blind or visually impaired. It is traditionally written with embossed paper. Braille-users can read computer screens and other electronic supports thanks to refreshable braille displays. They can write braille with the original slate and stylus or type it on a braille writer, such as a portable braille note-taker, or on a computer that prints with a braille embosser.
Why would deaf people want audio books and why couldn't they just read regular books? "
Oh dear - my bad 
Of course I meant blind |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Deaf people can read via Braille, though it's obviously convenient for them to listen to audiobooks - but the same arguments apply
Come again?
Braille /'bre?l/ is a tactile writing system used by people who are blind or visually impaired. It is traditionally written with embossed paper. Braille-users can read computer screens and other electronic supports thanks to refreshable braille displays. They can write braille with the original slate and stylus or type it on a braille writer, such as a portable braille note-taker, or on a computer that prints with a braille embosser.
Why would deaf people want audio books and why couldn't they just read regular books?
Oh dear - my bad
Of course I meant blind "
I know what you meant, I was just being a knob  |
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